I'm also curious as to Barbarians. Heard good things, but haven't tried yet.

You mentioned AoE for them ... I'm guessing there's a talent or ability you can choose where an attack hits multiple enemies (like whirlwind attack from ToEE)? Which would explain why you mentioned having high INT (larger AoE).



As to rogues, they are incredible in melee. I've never played a game where rogues were this amazing at it. It's Heodan I'm using, not my PC, but I'm so impressed by it that I'm planning my next playthrough already ...... ALL created at the inn:

A tank fighter, 3 rogues, and a druid. Not sure yet which will be my PC.

I'm also thinking about a team of 4 - 3 Barbarians and a priest.


(Barbarian and Druid characters thanks to this thread).

Exactly, it's tons of fun if you're looking to play a melee damage dealer. My level 8 Barbarian has dealt >50k damage, killed the most enemies and dealt the largest single damge (105) in my group. Fighter+Barbarian in the front line for teh winz.

At what point in the game are you?

Edit: I guess your level tells me what I wanted to know on that score. I would be interested to hear what your damage is when you complete the game.

I'm nearing the end of Act 2 after ~45 hours ;-) ; but I've done everything I could find along the way (quested almost everything in Defiance Bay, advanced to level 9 of the endless paths, did 3 of the 4 first bounties and rebuilt most of caed nua).